Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246308 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2018
Version Description: 
This version: May 2021
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks that increase care dependency abruptly. Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show a significant negative impact on the labor market activities of children. This effect is more pronounced for daughters and for children who live close to their parents. Further analyses suggest informal caregiving as the most likely mechanism. Finally, we exploit a liberalization of the formal care market, which led to a sharp increase in the supply of foreign care workers. This reform significantly reduced the negative effect of a parental health shock on their children's labor market outcomes.
Subjects: 
Informal care
formalcare
aging
health
laborsupply
labormigration
JEL: 
J14
J22
I11
I18
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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